People feel like their dollars aren’t stretching as far as before, and the cost of living is rising beyond their means. There’s just one problem: That part is not true. Most Americans are getting ...
Federal statistical agencies are releasing delayed reports on inflation, jobs, and economic growth as they work through a major backlog from the 43-day government shutdown. Here's the economic ...
With bipartisan congressional talks to end the U.S. government shutdown bogging down on Friday, the hit to the national economy is growing, experts said. "Even if there is a reopening of the ...
Despite the Federal Government shutdown on Wednesday, the financial markets hit new all-time highs this week. The S&P 500, DJIA, and Russell 2000 all closed at new record highs on Friday (October 3 rd ...
On the right side, you can see the upper diagonal heading up, while the one on the bottom falls to the ground. Now substitute upper-income Americans for the topmost diagonal, heading up and away, and ...
• The latest employment snapshot from the Bureau of Labor Statistics paints a bleak picture of the current state of the economy under President Donald Trump. • Labor market deterioration: Just 22,000 ...
The markets have climbed higher despite continuing concerns around the shutdown, tariffs and inflation. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have set records more than 30 times this year and other data suggest the ...
Recession worries are spreading, but analysts don’t expect a dire economic slowdown in 2025 and are looking for growth to reaccelerate next year. Heightened risk factors like a rapidly cooling labor ...
The global economy is adjusting to a landscape reshaped by new policy measures. Some extremes of higher tariffs were tempered, thanks to subsequent deals and resets. But the overall environment ...
Global growth is projected at 3.0 percent for 2025 and 3.1 percent in 2026, an upward revision from the April 2025 World Economic Outlook. This reflects front-loading ahead of tariffs, lower effective ...
Ms. Patterson is an economist who has held senior positions at JPMorgan Chase and Bridgewater Associates. In the game of Jenga, players remove wooden blocks from a tower and place them on the top.